gnome file association not being remembered

by jcwaln » Mon, 20 Jan 2003 02:33:10

On my Mandrake 9.0 system, I have associated *.ram files with
realplayer. However, the associations never stick. When I exit the
file association menu then go back in, the association is what it was
before (which is realplayer when I need it to be realplay). And for
some reason, I can't change the viewer because that button is grayed
out.

I've tried edting some mime files I found (even those that said don't
edit by hand) but I guess I haven't found the right file yet, because
the file assocition is always realplayer when I need it to be
realplay.

Any ides?

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1. File Associations in GNOME

Does anyone know how to make file associations between an application
and its documents when installing the application on a GNOME Linux
machine?

I've read where you can create user.keys and user.mime files in your
local mime-info folder to set up the open command and file icon, but
these file don't appear to be automatically recognized by GNOME. A
Properties dialog of the application's document doesn't show the
appropriate mime type. The document doesn't show appropriate icon and
won't double-click to launch application.

If I manually use Program->Settings->Document Handlers->Mime Types from
the desktop I can add a mime type to my application but the document
still won't launch the application. Furthermore, the correct icon isn't
displayed. If I do a Right click, Open With command on the document,
then it starts the application and opens the document.

I've also read on newgroups where gnome-vfs.mime is replacing the system
described above so even if I could get it to work its unclear whether it
would be a reliable way to deploy to any Linux distribution.

Can anyone shine some light on GNOME file associations to allow the
following during application installation:

From home directory with normal login:

-association document to application so double-clicking launches app and
opens document
-give document an appropriate icon based on file suffix

From system directory with root login:

-association document to application so double-clicking launches app and
opens document
-give document an appropriate icon based on file suffix

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